Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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11/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Wildfires, bioethanol plant reopening, spring planting, oilseed rape
Saturday
Why the risk of wildfires is so high in the spring.
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10/04/12 Wildfire season and recovery after moorland fires last year, planting herbs
Friday
UK wildfire season and the farmer recovering after a moorland blaze last year.
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09/04/26 C02 plant back up and running, planting in a bog, oilseed rape
Thursday
Farmers can once again sell their wheat for bioethanol, as CO2 plant reopens.
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08/04/26 Avian influenza, tenant farmer code in Wales, spring barley.
Wednesday
Free range poultry can range freely outdoors again as housing order is lifted.
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07/04/2026 Illegal meat, geothermal glasshouse, spring planting
Last Tuesday
Illegal meat still breaching UK borders, with 14 tonnes seized at Dover in a single week.
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06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers
Last Monday
Photographing the changing face of agriculture over fifty years.
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04/04/2026 Farming Today This Week: Ferry disruption, fishing industry hit by fuel costs, lambing, wild daffodils
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Warnings ferry service disruption putting animal welfare at risk on Scottish islands.
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03/04/26 "Muddy Fingers" McGurn
Fri 3 Apr 2026
The potter using clay from the land to tell the story of a County Fermanagh farm.
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02/04/26 Ferries and islanders on Barra, rare breed sheep, soil
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Major disruption to Scottish ferry services and its toll on a small Hebridean island.
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01/04/26 Rural fuel poverty; emissions from sheep; Marine Protected Areas.
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Fuel poverty hits deeper and is growing more quickly in rural areas, new figures show.
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31/03/26 Record livestock mart figures, lambing list, Ramblers report
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Livestock markets report a record turnover - how much longer can high prices last?
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30/03/2026: Fishing industry hit by fuel costs. A good time to be a sheep farmer? Wild Daffodils
Mon 30 Mar 2026
The fishing industry seeks government help over spiralling diesel costs.
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28/03/26 Farming Today This Week: trail hunting; impact of Middle East war; shellfish; geese; Victorian farming; farmer choir.
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Trail hunting - the government wants to ban it, the consultation's started.
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27/03/26: Trail hunting ban consultation, How WWII shaped farming
Fri 27 Mar 2026
The government is pressing ahead with its ban on trail hunting in England and Wales.
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26/03/26 Scottish rural policy, green gas, Victorian farming.
Thu 26 Mar 2026
Scottish government reveals how farm support payments will work over next five years.
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25/03/26 Environmental regulation, geese, The Enclosure Act and the farming landscape.
Wed 25 Mar 2026
Should the Environment Agency and Natural England be merged?
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24/03/26 Middle East conflict and supply chains, processing shellfish, medieval farming.
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Will continuing conflict in the Middle East now lead to price hikes in the supermarket?
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23/03/26 Potato oversupply, history of change in farming, new crop tech research centre
Mon 23 Mar 2026
Have potatoes had their chips?
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21/03/26 Farming Today This Week: Land Use Framework; heating oil help; new livestock worrying law; oat drink.
Sat 21 Mar 2026
What difference will England's Land Use Framework make?
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20/03/26 Commoners excluded from environmental schemes, bean processing, new science at the Commonwealth Potato Collection
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Why nearly 4,000 farmers are excluded from the new environmental support schemes.
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19/03/26 Land Use Framework, oat drink production
Thu 19 Mar 2026
What difference will England's Land Use Framework make?
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18/03/27 England's new land use framework
Wed 18 Mar 2026
The government launches its new land use framework for England.
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17/03/26 Energy bills in rural homes, new livestock worrying laws, processing venison
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Government pledges £53 million to help vulnerable rural households pay for heating oil.
